Patrick Ness: The Ask and the Answer

Cover: 9781406379174 | The Ask and the Answer | Patrick Ness | Taschenbuch | 518 S. | 2018

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Beschreibung

A stand-out new edition of the award-winning second novel in the globally bestselling Chaos Walking trilogy.

Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd and Viola once again face their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately imprisoned and separated from Viola, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode...

To celebrate the upcoming release of Piper at the Gates of Dusk, a new novel in the iconic world of Chaos Walking, in April 2026, this new edition features a fresh jacket, sprayed edges and an additional short story: The Wide, Wide Sea, which introduces new characters and perspectives to the trilogy.

Winner of the Costa Book Award.

"Ness doesn't just tell stories - he illuminates the human heart." - Cassandra Clare

"A masterpiece of speculative fiction" - Neal Shusterman

"A touchstone for powerful young adult literature. Inventive, gut-wrenching, and all-consuming, this is an unforgettable coming-of-age reading experience." - Chloe Gong

"An epic journey through both a science-fiction world of extraordinary imagination and an emotional landscape of gripping intensity." - Adrian Tchaikovsky

"Intelligent, compelling and utterly devastating, Chaos Walking is one of the seminal YA series of this century." - Juno Dawson

/ Ausgezeichnet: Costa Book Award, 2009.
Nominiert: BookTrust Teenage Prize, 2009.
Nominiert: The Carnegie Medal, 2010

Zusammenfassung

Patrick Ness was born in the USA, and now lives in London. He writes both novels and short stories for adults and children, but is best known for his books for young adults. His first books for teenagers make up the Chaos Walking trilogy, of which the first book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Booktrust Teenage Prize, followed by The Ask and the Answer, which won the Costa Award. All three titles in the trilogy were shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal, an unprecedented event, and in 2011 the third title, Monsters of Men, won the award. Patrick's sixth book, A Monster Calls, was based on an original idea by Siobhan Dowd and illustrated by Jim Kay. It won every major prize in children's fiction, including the Galaxy National Book Award, the UKLA Book Award and the Red House Children's Book Award. In 2012 it became the first book ever to win both the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Patrick has also written the screenplay for the film of A Monster Calls. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and starring Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver and Felicity Jones, the film was released in 2016. The first film in the Chaos Walking series was released in 2021. Patrick Ness's critically-acclaimed novels include More Than This, The Rest of Just Live Here, Release, And the Ocean Was Our Sky and Burn.

Details

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Kinder & Jugend
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Titelzusatz:	A new edition of the second book in the iconic multi-award-winning trilogy; a gripping dystopian YA novel with themes of prejudice, power and masculinity
Übersetzungstitel:	Das dunkle Paradies
Inhalt:	518 S.
ISBN-13:	9781406379174
ISBN-10:	1406379174
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	71741
Einband:	Paperback
Autor:	Ness, Patrick
Hersteller:	Walker Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	198 x 131 x 38 mm
Von/Mit:	Patrick Ness
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.06.2018
Gewicht:	0,378 kg